love of my life

love of my life

Tuesday, April 14, 2015

The countdown is on!

Yesterday marked 30 weeks. I feel like at this point the countdown is really on. Hopefully it will be at least 7 more weeks until we meet these babes, but maybe it will be 10.....oh, how I hope it's closer to 7!!

Yesterday also marked the start of weekly doctors appointments and ultrasounds. I will be going every Monday until I go into labor or a c-section is scheduled. At this point Elaina has been stubbornly in the breech position for a month straight and she is baby A, so if she doesn't turn head down I will be stuck with a c-section. I am praying daily that she will turn but at the same time I don't want to end up with a vaginal delivery for Elaina and an emergency c-section for Joel, which can happen with twins. So, if I have to have a c-section I'd rather go into it knowing that is what will happen for both babies. Ultimately, I know God is in control of the outcome and I don't need to worry. I feel well prepared and very hopeful for a vaginal delivery but yet I am also realistic that it may not happen.

I have started having pretty frequent braxton-hicks contractions that I can tell come more often when I am trying to do too much. I am learning to ask for help a lot more and being okay with sitting down with my feet up as much as possible throughout the day because I don't want to go into premature labor. I am so thankful my mom lives on the same property as us because she helps with laundry and takes the girls often. I can tell the girls are getting used to lazy mommy because they don't bother me nearly as much as they used to when I am just laying on the couch. I love that they play together so well and have each other. Here is a sweet scene from yesterday that I caught on camera.




 And here I am at 30 weeks for those of you who like to see the belly shots.



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